Proof

from Theory by Drew G. Smith

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I honestly want to believe
that people are basically good or at least trying to be
I honestly want to believe
that we're not reduced to the worst thing that we've ever done
I honestly want to believe
that we can admit we’re wrong, that we can redeem ourselves, and grow and change and move on

but it would be nice
if there
were any proof at all.

I try to avoid TV, try to stay offline
I'm starting to see how it turns you into
a dismissive little shit that think's he's better than everyone
i'm trying to outgrow that, man i'm longer twenty-one
and looking back it doesn't seem like i had had any fun
I want to believe that something’s
twisted up all our hearts
it’s not really who we are
and that the best cure for hate
Is all getting face to face

but it would be nice
if there
were any proof at all.

And why am i angry
At people i don’t know
All day I'm angry at people I don’t know
Always so angry at people I don’t know
Who may as well not exist

I try to remind myself
That in almost every way
Things aren’t all that bad

I look at the charts and graphs
All of which show me the world is
Getting better and better and better and better...

I try to remind myself
That it’s built into your brain
To lie about the past
I try to remind myself
That every time has its fights
And ours just seem more important - because they’re not over yet and

I try hard to tell myself
That someday I’ll realize
It probably will be fine
I probably will be fine
We probably will be fine

but it would be nice...
but it would be nice...
but it would be nice...

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from Theory, released October 26, 2022

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